Bobbed-hair curler



Aug. 25. 1925.

' 1,550,923 H. NATKIEL BOBBED HAIR CURLER Filed Oct. 13. 1924 mmwmwwmvpn ,n

Patented Aug. 25, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY NATKIEL, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOBBED-I-IAIR OURLER.

Application filed October 13, 1924. Serial No. 743,207.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY NATKIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bobbed-Hair Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet articles and has particular reference to hair dressing appliances. I

Among the objects of this invention is to provide a simple relatively cheap and easily manipulatable curler for ladies hair and particularly for use in connection with short or bobbed hair.

More specifically stated, one of the primary objects of the invention is to provide a hair curler comprising a pair of tongues between which the ends of the hair are gripped and around which the hair is rolled by rolling the device and including also a keeper movably connected to one end of the tongues and so designed as to not only hold the roll of hair upon the tongues, but to so grip the roll of hair on the outside as to increase the crimping or waving effect.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a curler for bobbed hair or the like which includes hair embracing means for forming a curl or crimp and which may be withdrawn directly therefrom so as not to disturb the curl or crimp.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrange-- ment and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a diagram indicating the manner of use of the device.

Fig. 2 is a diagram indicating the means whereby the device is opened easily and quickly for application to the hair.

Fig. 3 shows the relation of the device to the hair while being rolled thereon.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the device open, ready to receive the strand of hair.

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the strand of hair secured in position.

Figs. 6 and 7 are plan and edge views of the device showing more clearly its construction.

Fig. 8 is a view corresponding to Fig. 4, but showing a slight modification of gripping means.

Fig. 9 is a detail view of a further modification of the gripping means.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings I show my improved device as comprising a pair of tongues 10 made preferably of straight smooth flat sheet or strip material of uniform cross section and preferably of flexible nature and surrounding which is a loop shaped keeper 11. These three parts are pivoted together at 12 so that the tongues may close within the keeper or open outward therefrom somewhat in the nature of knife blades. As shown best in Fig. 7 the keeper is provided adjacent to the pivot with shoulders 13 so bent outward from the tongues as to leave an appreciable amount of clearance between the portions of the keeper adjacent thereto and the tongues so as to reduce to the minimum any possibility of cutting or breaking of the hair. On opposite sides of the tongue, however, the normal form of the keeper at 14C is such as to hug rather closely against the tongues but at the closed or looped end 15 there is a little clearance observed for freedom of action. The keeper is made of a single strip of spring material such as metal and of uniform cross section but of materially narrower width than the tongues. This narrow width is for two purposes,-first, whereas the device is ordinarily sold and handled in closed position as in Figs. 6 and 7, it would be inconvenient for the tongues to be swung open as in Fig. 4 if the parts were all of the same width, but in order to open the device it is only necessary for the thumb and finger of one hand to grasp the loop end 15 of the keeper while the thumb and finger of the other hand are employed as shown in Fig. 2, the thumb nail being caused to bear directly against the exposed edges of the tongues while the opposite finger bears opposite the pivot ends of these parts. Thus the pressure of the thumb causes easily and directly the forcing of the tongues from the keeper and thence they are swung around into the posi tion of Fig. 4: without any difiiculty. Secondly, by making the keeper of narrow material, it possesses better holding properties while open or around the roll of hair, and for this reason a more satisfactory crimp is produced in the hair. This'is true in connection with the close hugging of the sides at 14: upon the sides of the roll of hair or with the tendency to bear directly against the sides of the tongues when the device is not in use.

In the practice of this invention especially with bobbed hair, the points or ends of the strand of hair are inserted between the tongues and while so held the device is rotated around its longer axis, causing the strand of hair to roll easily and naturally around the tongues until the device comes close to the head. The keeper is then swung around into embracing position and fastened as shown in Fig. 1, one finger of one hand being brought to bear upon the looped end 15 of the keeper while the remaining fingers of the same hand hold the roll of hair in position.

After the device is thus used and left in position for the desired length of time it is removed simply by pulling the keeper directly outward from its holding position using it as a handle. The tongues are withdrawn directly from the roll without in any manner changing the form or disturbing the position of the roll. The tongues 10 being straight and smooth, offer no resistance whatever to such withdrawal.

In Fig. 8 the gripping means consists of a single tongue 10 having its free end bifurcated at 10". The strand of hair, therefore, may be slipped readily into the open end of the slot and so the hair may be rolled upon the gripping means or tongue 10 in practically the same manner as already described. The withdrawal of the tongue from the roll may be accomplished also without resistance. In Fig.9 the single tongue 10 is shown formed with a tongue 10 struck directly out therefrom with its free end adjacent to the free end of the main tongue. The hair with this form is slipped between the two free ends and so held while the hair is rolled upon the device as before described. This form too provides for free withdrawal of the device from the finished roll or curl of hair.

I claim:

1. The herein described bobbed hair curler comprising hair gripping means upon which the strand of hair is rolled, and a keeper movably connected to one end of the gripping means and adapted to embrace the roll of hair around the gripping means, the keeper being loop structure and so formed as to grip closely inward toward the hair and gripping means, the sides of the loop being bent to lie in closer proximity to each other at a point between the ends of the loop to provide for the exertion of a uniform pressure by the keeper upon the hair substantially throughout the length of the gripping means.

2. The combination as in claim 1 wherein the sides of the loop at a point approxi mately midway between the ends thereof contact said gripping means to retain the same within the keeper in normal unoperated position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY NATKIEL. 

